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Man moves paralyzed legs using device that stimulates spinal cord
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic researchers used electrical stimulation on the spinal cord and intense physical therapy to help a man intentionally move his...
Love – and a Little Help from New Friends – Keeps School Sweethearts’ Wedding...
Anna Claire Stokes had a wedding to coordinate. Thanks to her new Shepherd Center family, no spinal cord injury was going to derail her...
How Travis Roy Rebuilt After a Tragic Hockey Injury
On Oct. 20, 1995, 11 seconds into his college hockey career, Travis Roy found himself face down on the ice at Boston University’s Walter...
New Mobile App Promotes Fitness for People with Spinal Cord Injury
Shepherd Center, in collaboration with MobileSmith, has developed a mobile app called SCI-Ex to promote fitness for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). The...
Man makes impressive recovery after near-fatal crash
Five years of pain can wear anyone down. Ask Josh Heine, and he'll tell you healing often takes longer than expected.
After a near-fatal car...
Technology helps quadriplegic Miss. man hunt deer, drive, paint
MERIDIAN, Miss. — A little more than 30 years ago, as an 11th grader, Evan Edwards broke his neck during a tackle in a...
He can’t fly planes, so quadriplegic Charles Brice started a business filming with drones
CHARLES Brice always planned on a career above the clouds — he just imagined it would involve flying planes, not drones.
Mr Brice, 26, was...
Capturing Action Sports as a Quadriplegic Photographer
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Loren Worthington is a photographer with a unique perspective, both literally and figuratively. A spinal cord injury cost Worthington the use of three of...
Sam Schmidt to receive nation’s first license to drive semi-autonomous car
Sam Schmidt’s first victory as an Indy Racing League driver was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 1999.
Paralyzed from the neck down since 2000,...
Tendon Transfer Should Be Used More Often in Tetraplegia
Tendon transfer can significantly improve hand and elbow function in quadriplegic patients, but the procedure is greatly underused, according to a new study.
A review...
